Horse-pad hook.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

E. L. McOLAIN.

HORSE PAD HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1907.

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Mo'anov UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. McOLAIN, OF GREENFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN PAD & TEXTILE COMPANY, OF GREENFIELD, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

HORSE-PAD HOOK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDW RD L. MoCLAIN, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Greenfield, county of Highland, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Pad Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

Theobject of my invention is a horse ad hook wherein the journal bar for the hoo is secured to the ad by means which are of a construction w ioh does not become readily weakened by the action of the acid in the sweat of the animal and which is of a form such as to distribute the pressure upon the hook over a comparatively lar e surface of the pad, to prevent the tearing thereof. This object is attained by the means described in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a plerspective View of a collar pad supplied wit a hook embodyin my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hook bar. Fig. 3 is a pers ective view of the prong bearing plate usec with the bar shown in Fi 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional View through a pad showing a hook attached to the bar shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional View taken upon line 93-0: of Fig. 4. Fig. 6- is a perspective View of another modification.

Referring to Figs. 15, the invention is shown as ap lied to a collar pad, A. The reinforcing p ate, or bar, B, has prongs, b, I), struck up from it and the ourna bar, O, has eyelets, c, c, at its ends. The late, or bar,

B, is placed upon the inner sic e of the pad and its prongs, b, b, are pushed through the pad, engage the eyelets, c, c, and are bent down over the same, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. The journal loop, d, of the hook, D, engages the journal bar, 0.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July "29, 1907.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Serial No. 385,973.

hook, I), is journaled upon a plate, or bar,

G which has a central slot, 0, and perforations near its end. The plate, or bar, B is narrow and is bent at its ends into prongs, 1), 6 The journal bar, C is placed upon the exterior of the pad and the bar, B upon the interior of the pad. The rongs, b b are forced through the pad ant through the perforations in the bar, or plate, C and are turned over at the ends, as illustrated in Fig. 6.

In each of these modifications it is seen that the parts are few and of a form which lend themselves readily to manufacture. The bearing surfaces of the plates upon the interior of the pad are extensive, so that the pull of the prongs thereon is distributed over a comparatively large surface of the pad. The prongs being formed integral with one or the other of the plates, they will withstand the chemical action of the sweat of the ani mal better than separate headed rivets.

What I claim is:

1. The combination of a horsepad, a hook bar upon the outer side of the pad, a hook journaled upon the hook bar, a bar upon the inner side of the pad having two prongs formed integral with it, one at each of its ends, the said prongs extending through the pad and engaging the hook bar.

2. The combination of a horse pad, a hook bar consisting of a plate having a central slot and perforations at its ends, a hook journalec upon the plate by passing through the slot, a bar upon the inner side of the pad having its ends turned into prongs which project throu h the ad and through the holes in the hook-bar anc are bent down upon the same.

EDI/VARD L. MGCLAIN.

IVitnesses:

A. E. MoOLAIN, EBEN MAINS. 

